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I never liked the phrases healthy eating or everything with moderation. They actually have little meaning. Ask 10 different doctors and 10 different nutritionists what is healthy and you'll get different answers from what is healthy eating. Many will agree on the bases, but I'm sure they all have some conflicting foods.…

I don't think here in the USA works the same way as in Italy. I just go to the Y since my wife works there and I get discount, I've never seen any PT from the gym. PT in Italy are paid by the gym, they are employees. I am not sure if they can have private clients in the same gym or not (I would think there would be a…

One who yells loud... Lol sorry just kidding. My first PT would give a card with exercises. Explained them to me and that was it. Once in a while when he saw me struggling he would come behind me to yell encouragement. Not knowing better I thought it was good. I changed gym and got one closer to my house. This one had a…

No offense taken. Yes fat is stored in cells. But when you are predisposed to diabetes you are very likely to store fat in non adipose tissues like muscle tissues or liver tissues. That is called insulin resistance. It causes non alcoholic fat liver and pre type 2 diabetes. The insulin is no longer capable to push glucose…

My father didn't approve my relationship. My wife was coming from a previous marriage with kids. In his opinion I was making a big mistake. Moving 5k miles away to marry a person so different and with kids. He didn't even come to my marriage. Later on he got to know my wife and learned to be more open minded. He apologized…

I was headed that path in my youth as well. I was drunk at least 3 days a week. It started because I wanted to look cool with friends and then it became "just because". Don't just be happy to go down to a couple of days a week or just a couple of drinks a day. You get a flat tire? A customer rude? A fight with a close…

Imagine Dragon: believer. No matter how much I've already run, but when that song comes on I sing it loud lmao. But the rest of my playlist is ac/CD, kiss, black Sabbath... All that style.

I personally don't lift anymore, but I don't run very long distances either. I run at least 3 miles a day, 5 is better. I do it 6 times a week, one day rest (only because due to work schedule I have 1 day where I don't sleep). I'm still deciding if I'll ever want to go back to do some races. If so I'll introduce 2 days a…

Calorie burning app are an estimate. They take into account weight and age and create an average. There is no way to give an exact number of calories burned. They are based on many factors.

Butter substitute are usually vegetable oils. If you put oil in the refrigerator it'll stay liquid. In the past decades they used a process in order to make liquid vegetable oils solid which is called hydogenizing. That creates what is called trans fats. Very unhealthy, they can cause heart diseases. Now that it came out…

In my country we have a saying: "wives and cows only from your villages". I'm sure if you go back a few centuries that really made sense... Or people used to think so. Nowadays I don't think so. There is a wider knowledge of other people's traditions. So you know what you are getting into when you start a relationship. I'm…

That is mainly for 2 reasons: 1 if you are one of those who have genes related to diabetes, while on keto you are creating a big insuline resistence. So when you re-introduce carbs, the higher production of insuline pushes more fat inside the cells and you regain body fat. 2 I think is the main point. Getting rid of 75% of…

Vegan is not a way of eating, vegan is an ethical lifestyle. Saying you are vegan didn't really say anything about the way you eat, except that you avoid all animal derived products. I still don't understand what problems in getting nutrients. Did a doctor tell you that you are deficient or you are reading from internet…

Ouch. I see the intention, but poor choice of words.

Everyone is different, but moving will help. Just don't overdo it. I had a brain tumor removed 8 years ago and I spent 1 month in bed in ICU. I couldn't even go up one step when I got out. Feel what your body tells you. Start walking. When you feel better alternate walking and jogging. Running brought me back to normality,…

I've been wfpb for over 10 years. If you have specific questions just shoot. Unfortunately I don't have a diary because I don't really weigh anything. If you keep a variety of food in your daily eating you don't have to worry about nutrients. Just remember that meat is very high caloric compared to vegetable. You can't…

I've never understood why they associate banana with potassium. It doesn't even make in the top 100 sources of potassium. This is the USDA official list of food per potassium content. It's a PDF file.…

For micronutrients I use cronometer.com It has many more details than this app. It even tells you what amino acids food contains instead of just saying proteins.

Is it a real allergy or diverticulitis?

You are adding 600 calories between sugar and oil. I've never added oil to my bread, neither my mother or my grandmother. Unfortunately whole wheat needs sugar to rise on the contrary of white flour... But I don't remember putting that much. I quit making mine a few years ago because I didn't have time. If I find the…

Try a minor elimination diet. Don't eat those processed food for a couple of weeks and see how you feel (usually elimination diet should be 4 weeks of in not wrong, there is a nutritionist here he can help with it). It might be excessive salt, some ingredients your body doesn't like, you are actually eating more than you…

@AnnPT77 I'm glad you left that bad nightmare behind your back for good.

That is an awesome app. I used it for the first time about 10 years ago. I had never run before. It slowly built me up to half marathon. Do what it says at your pace (of your not ready to move on, take more time) and you will be amazed.

First time...I was 18ish years old and obese. Girls wouldn't look at me.

@lemurcat2 thanks. I like the second example. I'll start using it.

It might be true. But can I point out just a thing? Randomized cross trial, not controlled. With self reported dietary behavior and self reported exercise behavior. That means you go home, live your life, go to the clinic and drink the can. Wait. Take measurement and they ask you what did you eat? Unless they were all…

Lol I knew you would have asked me that. Sorry it's easier in Latin languages, we have an interpersonal subject to make a general discussion. I didn't mean you as in you, infact the question was towards a person who said that. I meant you as in who has said that in this community.

That is why I said I don't know about stevia. I haven't bought it in probably 10 years. When it was the newer sugar alternative, it was like it is monk fruit now. They added artificial sweeteners to cut the cost of production. Stevia leaf is not all sweet, only part of it. So either they used the small part of it which is…

Ask your husband to hide those foods. I ask my wife to hide the jars of nuts. I really don't need to know when or if she buys them. She can eat them whenever she wants, the only thing I asked her is not too let me know where she keeps them. Of course I am not going all over the place looking for them when I see her…

@lemurcat2 I agree with most of it and that is how I perceive dieting. Then the question is why you say don't diet, because diets fail... Then you talk about calorie counting and calorie deficit. That is dieting. It's confusing sorry.